Editorial

Football, tennis, golf, chess, Go in Japan, are widely popular
because they are played by the young, who have enthusiasm and time on
their side, and because they have many star players to inspire, set
standards and attract the mass of players whose keenness exceeds their
ability. As long as the stars shine, or a new star like Bobby Fischer
appears, the game flourishes and grows. If the stars fade, the entire
body becomes weak and sick.

The BGA is taking steps to promote Go among the young, as Brian
Castledine reports in his Presidents Notes, below.

As yet there are no stars in British Go. Players with ability,
certainly, but to be a star requires much more than natural talent.
Dedication and hard work, which do not preclude enjoyment, are necessary
to realise fully even the most outstanding natural gift. Among the
stronger British players, Mathew Macfadyen and Tony Goddard have both
been very successful recently. We wish them further successes on the
road to Go mastery, and hope that other will join them.

This article is from the
British Go Journal
Issue 41[1]
which is one of a series[2] of back issues now available on the web.

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